How paid. To be incorporated in state tax. 1 SEC. 3. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury to the treasurer of the State Board of Fish Commissioners at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his accounts to the Auditor General thereunder. SEC. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred five the sum of forty thousand two hundred ninety dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred six the sum of thirty-three thousand seventy-five dollars, which when collected shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. Board of educa tion, of whom to consist. when held. [No. 231.] AN ACT to amend section two of chapter thirty-two of act number two hundred fifteen of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of cities of the fourth class," being section three thousand three hundred thirty-nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section two of chapter thirty-two of act number two hundred fifteen of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of cities of the fourth class," being section three thousand three hundred thirty-nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 2. The board of education of such public schools shall consist of six trustees, who shall be qualified electors of the school district, and the regular annual election of school Annual election, trustees shall be held on the second Monday of July of each year. At the first election held under this act two trustees shall be elected for the term of one year, two for the term of two years, and two for the term of three years from the second Monday of July of such year, and the term for which each trustee is elected shall be designated on the ballot cast for him. Annually thereafter two trustees shall be elected for a term of three years from and after the second Monday of July of the year when elected and until their successors are qualified and enter upon the duties of their offices. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 16, 1905. Term of office. [No. 232.] AN ACT to amend sections three, five and six of "An act to provide for the incorporation of baseball clubs or companies," approved June six, eighteen hundred eighty-three, being compiler's sections seven thousand six hundred seventy-six, seven thousand six hundred seventy-eight, seven thousand six hundred seventy-nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Sections three, five and six of "An act to pro- Section vide for the incorporation of baseball clubs or companies," amended. approved June six, eighteen hundred eighty-three, are amended as follows: amount may be increased, etc. SEC. 3. The amount of capital stock in every such corpora- Capital stock, tion shall in no case be less than two thousand dollars, nor more than one hundred thousand dollars, and said capital stock may be increased or diminished from time to time as may be directed by the stockholders, subject to the foregoing limitations, but when the same is so increased or diminished, the amendment of the articles of association shall be signed, acknowledged and recorded, as required by section two of this act. The capital stock of such corporation shall be divid- Shares, ed into shares of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars each. SEC. 5. Every such corporation shall have power to lease, Real estate, may and to hold and acquire in fee simple, and to sell, mortgage, hold, sell, etc. and convey such real estate as may be necessary for carrying on the business of the corporation, but no such corporation shall hold real estate to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars in value, and every such corporation shall have power to em- Power of ploy baseball players, and to give exhibitions of the game, and corporation. hold contests and tournaments with other baseball clubs and players: Provided, however, That no pool selling or other Proviso as to betting shall be permitted on the grounds of the corporation, during any exhibition, tournament or game, held under the auspices of the corporation. betting, etc. stockholders. SEC. 6. The stockholders of all corporations, organized Liability of under this act, shall be individually liable for all labor performed for the corporation, which said liability may be en- How enforced. forced by action in assumpsit against any or all of the stockholders, and the corporation jointly, but no levy shall be made. upon the property of stockholders under an execution issued upon a judgment in any such action until the property of the corporation shall have been exhausted, and the clerk of the court, or the justice of the peace, issuing such execution shall endorse thereon a direction to the officer to that effect. Such individual liability shall not extend to or include salaries of officers. Any stockholder who may be compelled to pay any such judgment shall be entitled to contribution from the other solvent stockholders, in proportion to the number of shares held by each. Approved June 16, 1905. City to construct Home grounds. Expense, how paid. [No. 233.] AN ACT to provide for the construction, by the board of managers of the Michigan Soldiers' Home and the city of Grand Rapids, of a sewer to connect the Michigan Soldiers' Home in the county of Kent, and the premises adjacent to said sewer, with the public sewers of the city of Grand Rapids, to regulate the use of the same, and to provide for an appropriation therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. That the city of Grand Rapids is hereby ausewer to Soldiers' thorized to lay and construct a sewer from a point on Canal street at the north city limits of said city, connecting with the public sewers of said city, to the grounds used and occupied as the Michigan Soldiers' Home in the county of Kent, said sewer to be laid and constructed either in the highway, outside the limits of said city, known as Canal street, the right to the use of said highway for the purpose being hereby granted, or upon private right of way, as the common council of said city may determine. The expense of the construction of said sewer shall be borne by the said city of Grand Rapids and shall be paid for from the general fund of May take private said city. If it shall be necessary in the construction of said sewer for the said city of Grand Rapids to take private property outside the limits of said city therefor, authority to take the same by condemnation proceedings instituted in the circuit court for the county of Kent under act number one hundred twenty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-three, and the amendments thereto, providing for the taking of private property for public use, is hereby granted said city. property. Board of mana on Home grounds. SEC. 2. The board of managers of the Michigan Soldiers' gers to construct Home is hereby authorized to lay and construct a sewer in the grounds used and occupied as the Michigan Soldiers' Home, from the point where the sewer so constructed by the said city of Grand Rapids reaches the grounds used and occupied as such Home, to such places upon said grounds as in the discretion of the said board of managers may be necessary in order to properly dispose of the sewage of the Michigan Soldiers' Home. The sewer so constructed by the board of managers of the Michigan Soldiers' Home shall be con nected with the sewer so constructed by the city of Grand Rapids. The entire expense of laying and constructing the Expense, how portion of said sewer to be laid in the grounds of the Mich- paid. igan Soldiers' Home and of connecting the same with the sewer laid and constructed by the city of Grand Rapids, and with the buildings of said Soldiers' Home, shall be borne by the State of Michigan and paid for from the appropriation hereinafter made. SEC. 3. The supervision and control of that portion of the Supervision of sewer herein authorized to be laid and constructed by the sewers. city of Grand Rapids is hereby conferred upon the board of public works of said city. Permission to connect with said sewer the premises adjacent thereto, may be granted by the said board of public works under such rules and regulations as it may adopt, and the said board of public works may fix the compensation to be paid the said city of Grand Rapids therefor, and for the use of said sewer. The supervision and control of that part of said sewer herein authorized to be laid and constructed in the grounds used and occupied as the Michigan Soldiers' Home is hereby conferred upon the board of managers of said Home. capacity, etc. SEC. 4. The sewer laid and constructed pursuant to the Sewer, by whom provisions of this act shall be approved by the board of man- approved. agers of the Michigan Soldiers' Home, and said sewer shall be of sufficient capacity to carry away and dispose of all sewage of the Michigan Soldiers' Home, and of all the buildings of said Home, now or hereafter constructed, and to provide for the disposal of all sewage between the city of Grand Rapids and the Michigan Soldiers' Home. That part of said sewer Who to maintain. laid and constructed by the city of Grand Rapids shall, at all times, be maintained and kept in repair by and at the expense of said city, and that part of said sewer laid and constructed upon the grounds of the Michigan Soldiers' Home shall, at all times, be maintained and kept in repair by the board of managers of the said Soldiers' Home. SEC. 5. For carrying away and disposing of the sewage City to receive no from the Michigan Soldiers' Home through the sewer con- compensation. structed pursuant to the provisions of this act, the city of Grand Rapids shall not be entitled to receive from the board of managers of said Home or from the State of Michigan, any compensation whatever. for sewer. SEC. 6. For the purpose of providing for the expense of Appropriation laying and constructing that part of said sewer herein authorized to be laid and constructed by the board of managers of the Michigan Soldiers' Home in the grounds used and occupied as said Home, and the purchase of the necessary material and appliances therefor, there is hereby appropri ated from any money in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purpose; the same to be How paid. paid to and disbursed by the board of managers of said Home To be incorporated in state tax. Repealing clause. in the manner provided by the general accounting laws of the State. SEC. 7. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred five, the sum of two thousand dollars, which when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated. SEC. 8. That portion of section two of act number five hundred thirty-two of the local acts of nineteen hundred three, entitled, "An act to prevent the pollution of the water of Grand river above the city of Grand Rapids and to provide a system for disposing of certain sewage now emptied therein, and to make an appropriation therefor," which provides an appropriation for the purposes of that act, is hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 16, 1905. Act amended. [No. 234.] AN ACT to amend act number two hundred six of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, approved June first, eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon, and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied; making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and continuing such lien, providing for the sale and conveyance of lands delinquent for taxes, and for the inspection and disposition of lands bid off to the State and not redeemed or purchased; and to repeal act number two hundred of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, and all other acts or parts of acts in anywise contravening any of the provisions of this act," the same being compiler's sections three thousand eight hundred twenty-four to three thousand nine hundred sixty-two inclusive, by inserting after section sixty-one a new section to stand as section sixty-one a. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Act number two hundred six of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, approved June first, eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon, and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied; making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and continuing such lien, providing for the sale and conveyance of lands delinquent for taxes, and for the inspection and disposition of lands bid off to the |